Fans of unrealistic jet fighter combat and fun cross-franchise promotion are in luck, because Namco Bandai have announced their latest pack of download content for Call of Duty: Modern Air War Ace Combat Assault Horizon. This time it comes in the form of a pair of Tekken-themed skins. Come November 15th, you too can pay too much money ($4.99) to make your jet fighter look like Jin Kazama or Kazuya Mishima.
I'm all for ridiculous cross-promotions, but what I want to see next are Idolm@ster-themed skins. Namco Bandai did that for Ace Combat 6, selling sweet paint jobs based on the many idols of 765 Productions (sample pictures in the gallery). Many players considered the planes game-breakers, as they came with stats designed to reflect each idol's personality. The Su-47 Berkut -Miki EX-, for one, had a level of maneuverability that defied physics.
Assault Horizon DLC is ridiculously overpriced, and this shit just continues the trend. 5 bucks per skin and 8 bucks per plane basically ruined the game for me. I still play, but significantly less after their bullshit DLC price-rape.
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11:00 PM on 11.08.2011 | 
I'm still waiting for the Shattered Sky skins though!
If Bamco knows what's what, I'd expect Idol jets sometime in the future. I'd know that's the only way I'd play this game.
Fellow Macross fans will know what I mean.
I canceled my preorder for Assault Horizon the minute I learned it wouldnt let me use the Ace Combat flighsticks.